Hi Jim,
She'd be entered as Jane SMITH with an AKA as Jane JONES
I'd enter her with two sets of parents. Her mother and unknown father
and her mother and Charles JONES.
I'd enter parent-child relationships showing Charles as step-father.
That's what he would have been if the first relationship had been
formal and I'm not sure that it being informal changes the situation.
When entering the census I would add a note to say that she is
enumerated as Jane JONES.
Cheers,
Cathy
At 04:00 AM 22/09/2007, you wrote:
Greetings:
Changing the direction a wee bit...
If the time is prior to 1926, when adoption was formally legalized
in England... how would one enter in the daughter of one of the
parents, and who was not necessarily related to the other
parent? The biological father is not known, but the parenting
father's name is entered in simultaneous censuses. The mother's
maiden name is used in legal documents.
For example:
- 1861 Baptismal record - Child, Anne, is baptised under mother's
maiden name: Jane Smith. No father is listed.
- 1863 Marriage record - Mother, Anne Smith marries Charles Jones
- 1871 and 1881 England Census - Child is listed as Jane Jones
- 1887 Marriage record - Jane Smith marries George Brown. Smith is
given as maiden name.
- 1888 Birth Registration of daughter Elizabeth Brown. Mother is
listed as Jane Brown formerly Smith.
- 1920 and 1927 US publications refer to Jane (Smith) Brown as Jane
(Jones) Brown.
Based on the documents collected, a logical conclusion is that Jane
(Smith) Brown's biological father is not known. It appears that
Jane Smith may have considered Charles Jones her father, but there
is no conclusive evidence that he is her biological father. Also
due to the year it can not be noted that Jane Smith was legally
adopted by Charles Jones.
So in this case how would Jane (Smith) Brown or Jane (Jones) Brown
be entered into Legacy?
Jim
Jim Smith
Tampa, FL
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